Good working practice should exist on both sides of the equation. Simple respect for one another in the workplace appears to be lacking in many of the posters so far. She is pregnant, surely she has a right to ensure that she and her child get the medical support they need? I saw nothing in the above report that suggested that she was in any way taking advantage of anyone. What I did see was a manager who needs to get himself trained in time management and people skills. Seems a clear case of someone being promoted above his skills level.

Where are the workers of the future going to come from if people aren’t allowed to get pregnant because employers lack the wit to see beyond the old 9-5 timetable?

Of course it would all be so different if we could all get pregnant!

If that was my wife/girlfriend that manger would need a hospital visit after I’m done with him – some people are just down right disgusting

It’s outrageous. Now what is being done about it?

I work for a place that preaches equality yet rules with fear. There was a girl who works for another team and she was nearly 7 months pregnant by the time we all found out about it. Her boss is driven by fear of the bigger boss and had terrified her staff into not saying anything about the baby.

Where do we go?

We get threatened by job loss for just trying to stand up to these injustices.

Any employer that treats it’s staff like that should be f*%king dragged up the steps of a courthouse and sued to within a cent of what their company is worth.

Guys the important phrase there is “according to the UNITE trade union.” There just *may* be another side to the story, and maybe the facts of the case are somewhere in the middle.

Wait it’s an illness now????

It It would seem to me that that pregnant woman’s boss was born out of wedlock . There’s a name for his kind .It begins with B and ends with D.

It’s someones own business when they tell someone there pregnant, but when your working, surely it’s your responsibility to ensure your employer knows your pregnant.

I’m not in anyway supporting that actions her employer took, but to be fair, some notice to your employer about time off helps.

If you ask me this story just looks like UNITE trying to justify their existence. We’re in a baby boom right now and no better way to put the sh*ts into the average vulnerable worker than a story like this.

The boss should simply dock her a half days pay or take it out of her holidays.

Doctors appointments for any reason including pregnancy should be in your own time not company time. I think most people would be ok with an emergency or urgent case but if it is to be ongoing then absolutely in the employees own time.